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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 597 1033. Peasants on Horseback engaged in Sport. Sm. 24.9. With other figures in a landscape. [Probably identical with 1034.] Sale. Lord Rendlesham, London, 1809 (257 : 55.). 1034. Riding at the Ring. Sm. 374. A view near the coast at Scheveningen, with a chain of sandhills extending from the left into the distance. On the hills numerous figures watch the peasants riding at the ring in the foreground. Five are mounted and carry long spears. Another stands beside his horse, with his back to the spectator. Behind him is a boy on the ground. Near them is seen part of a country inn, with the host and others at the door. On the other side, in the middle distance, is a group of three horsemen with others on foot. A man with his spear poised gallops at a wooden figure with his ring in his hand. [Probably identical with 1033.] 15 inches by 19! inches. Described, from a " very indifferent " engraving by Beaumont, by Sm., who thought it probably identical with Lord Rendlesham's picture, sold in 1809. 1035. THE PRIZE OX IN HOLLAND. Sm. 173. On a road with a wall to the right, the prize ox, adorned with garlands, is led forward by the butchers. One of them drinks from a big glass. A drummer and children go in front. On the right a peasant lifts his cap ; a boy gets out of the dust ; and a woman points out the procession to her daughter. On the left are spectators, and a horseman with a boy behind him. In the distance are a bridge, a river, and houses. A fine picture of the mature period, and not yet dark in tone. Signed with the full monogram ; panel, i8| inches by i6| inches. Sales. (Probably) Isaak van den Blooken, Amsterdam, May II, 1707 (Hoet, i. 100), No. 21 (307 florins). Isaak Walraven, Amsterdam, October 14, 1765 (Terw. 502), No. 7 (1000 florins, P. Locquet). P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 422 (3500 florins, Yver). In the collection of King Louis XVI. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2621 (the experts valued it in 1816 at 12,000 francs). 1035*. The Carnival Ox. With figures. Panel, 14 inches by 22| inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 807) in the Stolberg gallery, Soder. Sale. Count von Brabeck and Count Andreas von Stolberg, Hanover, October 31, 1859, No. 297. 1036. A PEASANT BRAWL. Sm. 285. Before a farm in the left middle distance a crowd of peasants are fighting. Two groups attack each other with cudgels, knives, and chairs. In the left foreground, in shadow, a man has flung another to the ground, and threatens him with his knife. Women have joined in the fray ; one lies on the ground ; three men pull the clothes off another woman ; other women try to lead their husbands away. In the right centre foreground a woman and a boy hold